Colorado Content Standards:
- Students will read and understand a variety of materials.
- Students read to locate, select and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological resources.
- Organize information into a coherent essay or report with a thesis statement in the introduc
tion, transition sentences to link paragraph.
Unit Introduction and Overview:
Students will read a variety of persuasive texts as models for the strategies and organizational techniques that authors use to convince their audience of their point of view or to take a specific action. Students will then apply these strategies and techniques to their own persuasive writing pieces throughout the unit.
Unit Guiding Questions: - After critically reading a variety of persuasive materials, what conclusions can we make about the effect of persuasion on our lives?
- How can we persuade others using a variety of techniques?
- How can we relate what we've learned about persuasion to the political and economic issues of today?
- How can we effectively communicate our ideas to other?
- Why does a writer consider audience when developing informational text?
Click on the assignments to access our activities for each persuasive piece:
Lesson 1 Must be completed by 11/09/09 Lesson 2 Must be completed by 11/19/09 Lesson 3 Must be completed by 11/24/09 Lesson 4 Must be completed by 11/30/09 Lesson 5 Must be completed by 12/01/09
Final writing assessment in class ON Tuesday December 3rd
Persuasive Writing Unit - Can you convince someone?
Overview powerpoint
Colorado Content Standards:
- Students will read and understand a variety of materials.
- Students read to locate, select and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological resources.
- Organize information into a coherent essay or report with a thesis statement in the introduc
tion, transition sentences to link paragraph.
Rubric that will be used to assess students' progress
Unit Introduction and Overview:
Students will read a variety of persuasive texts as models for the strategies and organizational techniques that authors use to convince their audience of their point of view or to take a specific action. Students will then apply these strategies and techniques to their own persuasive writing pieces throughout the unit.
Unit Guiding Questions:
- After critically reading a variety of persuasive materials, what conclusions can we make about the effect of persuasion on our lives?
- How can we persuade others using a variety of techniques?
- How can we relate what we've learned about persuasion to the political and economic issues of today?
- How can we effectively communicate our ideas to other?
- Why does a writer consider audience when developing informational text?
Click on the assignments to access our activities for each persuasive piece:
Lesson 1 Must be completed by 11/09/09
Lesson 2 Must be completed by 11/19/09
Lesson 3 Must be completed by 11/24/09
Lesson 4 Must be completed by 11/30/09
Lesson 5 Must be completed by 12/01/09
Final writing assessment in class ON Tuesday December 3rd
Topic Sentence Practice Number 1 to be completed as a template in your student portfolio by 11/19
Topic Sentence Practice Number 2 - to be completed as a template in your student portfolio by 11/20
Topic Sentence Practice Number 3- to be completed as a template in your student portfolio by 11/20